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Brown Clinches Final Ivy League Playoff Berth

from press release

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore attackman
Sam Hurster St. Louis, MO) scored three goals to lead Brown to a
10-8 win over Dartmouth at Stevenson Field and a berth in next
week's Ivy League Playoffs. The Bears gained the fourth spot in the
Ivy Playoffs by winning their final two league games and finishing
with a 3-3 Ivy mark, 7-7 overall. The Big Green completed its
season with a 4-9 overall record, 1-5 in the Ivy League.

The Ivy League playoffs will commence next Friday, May 4, at the
#1 seed, to be determined later this evening in a game between
first place Princeton and second place Cornell.

Hurster, the reigning Ivy Player of the Week, registered a
hat-trick for the sixth straight game to lead all scorers. Senior
Parker Brown (San Francisco, CA) had a big day with two goals and
an assist, while sophomore Stephen Chmil (Garden City, NY) also
netted two goals for the Bears.

Brown dominated in the face-off x, winning 16 of 22 face-offs.
Sophomore Pete Capone (Watertown, NY) turned in a yeoman's effort
by capturing 15 of 21 face-offs. Bears' sophomore goalie Will Round
(Mt. Lebanon, PA) came up with several big stops and finished with
12 saves.

Dartmouth was led by Kip Dooley with two goals and two assists,
while Brendan Rotanz added two goals.

While Brown never trailed in the game, it certainly wasn't easy,
playing on the home Stevenson Field grass for the last time. Next
year, a synthetic surface will replace the grass.

Sophomore defenseman Sam Ford (Reisterstown, MD) set the tone
for the game when he won the opening face-off, picked up the ground
ball, and meandered his way to the goal to give the Bears a 1-0
advantage.

After Dartmouth tied the game, 1-1, senior Parker Brown gave
Brown the lead for good, followed by a Hurster goal, to give the
Bears a 3-1 advantage.

Patrick Resch scored for the Big Green, but Parker Brown scored
his second goal to give the Bears a 4-2 lead after one quarter.

Brown goals by Chmil and Hurster extended the Bears' lead to 6-2
with 13:06 left in the half. The Big Green scored three of the next
four goals to trail, 7-5 with 3:35 remaining in the second
quarter.

Hurster's goal with 2:29 left gave the Bears an 8-5 at
intermission.

Chmil opened the second half with his second goal to lift the
Bears to a 9-5 advantage. Dartmouth's Rotanz scored with 7:04 left
in the third quarter, and Chris Costabile scored at the 9:39 mark
of the fourth quarter to make the home faithful uneasy with the Big
Green pulling to within 9-7.

Bears' senior Dan O'Brien took the air out of the Dartmouth
comeback bid with an unassisted goal with 5:44 left in the game to
give Brown a three-goal lead, 10-7. Big Green attackman Kip Doyle
scored with 18 seconds remaining to account for the final
score.